Melanie Degel

The person

Melanie Degel has been working at the IZT since 2008 and has been Head of the "Energy, Climate & Infrastructure" research field since 2019. Prior to this, she was interim head of the "Sustainability and Transformation" research cluster in 2014/2015.

She joined the institute as a research assistant in 2008. She conducts research on the topics of energy, climate and infrastructures. She specialises in the social and technical-economic transformation of renewable energy systems and energy infrastructures. She also deals with energy policy issues relating to climate protection and sustainability considerations.

Melanie Degel has been Chairwoman of the Works Council since May 2011.

She started her career at an energy technology company in the contracting sector.

She holds a degree in industrial engineering and studied "Energy and Environmental Management" at the University of Flensburg and spent a semester abroad in Nuuk/Greenland.

Expertise

• Energy and energy forecasts, emissions and emissions scenarios
• Modelling and modelling
• Service development
• Acceptance research
• Scenario technique (explorative/quantitative/normative)